Non-invasive experimental animal monitoring system and method

Abstract

The invention provides a non-invasive experimental animal monitoring system and method. The monitoring system comprises a cage box which is configured to place and feed an experimental animal, a cageframe, a camera module and a video processing module. The cage frame is a cuboid frame and is provided with an internal space used for containing the cage box, and the cage box is detachably arrangedin the cage frame; the camera module is arranged on the cage frame, and a lens of the camera module faces the interior of the cage frame; and the video processing module is connected with the camera module, and the video processing module is configured to receive a video shot by the camera module and identify behaviors of the experimental animal. The system has integrated cage design, and monitoring can be carried out while the experimental animal is fed. The experimental animal is monitored only through a camera, a sensor does not need to be implanted or worn, the experimental animal is noninvasive, the activity of the experimental animal is not affected, and the cost is lower. The behaviors of the experimental animal can be monitored in real time and fed back to a computer, and experimenters can easily obtain the states of the experimental animal.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of behavior recognition, and in particular relates to a noninvasive experimental animal monitoring system and method. Background technique [0002] In the fields of life sciences, human medicine and health research, experimental animals have many similarities with human or other animals. For some work that is difficult to perform on humans, experimenters use another animal that is easy to obtain and operate. Instead of humans or original target animals for experimental research, these standardized experimental animals are called model animals. [0003] Model animals are the basis for pathology research, new drug development and treatment verification, and are crucial to the development of human medicine. In recent years, the rapid development of biotechnology such as gene editing has greatly expanded the model animal resources of various disease models and tool models. The continuous strengthening of resea...

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[0008] The present invention provides a non-invasive experimental animal monitoring system and method to solve at least one of the aforementioned problems in the prior art that the experimental animals cannot be fed and monitored in real time at the same time, the cost is high, and the non-invasive monitoring of experimental animals cannot be achieved.

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